Benfica 2-1 Sporting Braga: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 28 April 2011
Result
Benfica 2-1 Sporting Braga
Europa League · Thursday 28 April 2011, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 2-1 Sporting Braga: match report
Benfica beat Sporting Braga 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 28 April 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Jardel opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jardel (50') and O. Cardozo (59'). Sporting Braga scored through Vandinho (53').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Sporting Braga received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 26th on 14 points from 6 and Sporting Braga 61st on 9 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sporting Braga in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Sporting Braga's D-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Alberto Rodríguez
- 39'Yellow card · Vandinho
- 43'Yellow card · Miguel Garcia
- 50'Goal · Jardel
- 53'Goal · Vandinho
- 53'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 59'Goal · O. Cardozo
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Jardel, Javi García, Carlos Martins, Óscar Cardozo, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez, Paulo César da Silva Peixoto
Sporting Braga line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Alberto Rodríguez, Paulão, Miguel Garcia, Sílvio, Hugo Viana, Vandinho, Alan, Lima, Albert Meyong Ze, Leandro Salino